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Irate 英 Aɪ'Reɪt] 美 Aɪ'Reɪt Adj.发怒的;生气的 Dragged Fellow Door

英语单词 irate
英美音标 英 [aɪ'reɪt] 美 [aɪ'reɪt]
中文释义 adj.发怒的;生气的
英语例句 (1) He dragged the irate fellow to the door.
(2) The irate animal made for us,coming at a full jump.
中文例句 (1) 他把那个发怒的家伙拖到门口。
(2) 那头发怒的动物以最快的速度向我们冲过来。
vocabulary简明 On the anger scale, first comes annoyed, then vexed, then irate. When cartoon characters are irate, they're so mad that smoke comes out of their ears.
vocabulary扩展 The first syllable of irate is ir for ire, related to the Greek word oistros which means "thing causing madness." An irate investor might sell all his or her stock in a company. Let's hope you thanked your aunt for the birthday check — otherwise you might get an irate phone call from her. When your mother is irate, you'd best get out of the way, and get busy cleaning your room.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]发怒的;极其愤怒的;被惹火的 If someone is irate, they are very angry about something.
  • The owner was so irate he almost threw me out of the place...

    店主非常恼火,差点把我从那个地方扔出去。

  • She then wrote an extremely irate letter to the New Statesman about me.

    她接着给《新政治家》杂志写了一封关于我的信,言辞极其激烈。

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